Our weekly blog on the New Orleans fine dining scene
Sucré is a boutique unlike any other in New Orleans. Modeled after shops that owner Joel Dondis visited during a trip to Europe, Sucré offers beautiful pastries, chocolates and gelato in a sophisticated setting at 3025 Magazine St. With huge windows looking onto the street,...
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Posted by Robert Peyton on 03/18/10 @ 12:00 AM
New Orleans Finest Nightlife
Any city with a lot of Irish blood will get into the party spirit for St. Patrick’s Day. But New Orleans, forever proving that it’s not just any city, does things up in such a big way for Ireland’s patron saint that the March party calendar looks like some kind of St....
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Posted by Ian McNulty on 03/10/10 @ 12:00 AM
Following one bride’s attempt to plan the wedding of her dreams in New Orleans
Setting up my gift registries has been one of the best and worst tasks during my wedding planning process. If you searched my fiancé’s last name, you’d find four different registries for our wedding date but only two of those registries are fully functioning. The etiquette...
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Posted by Jessica Natal on 03/03/10 @ 12:00 AM
Weekly Commentary with New Orleans Magazine’s Errol Laborde
I found the town I have been looking for, and I will reveal it here, but first let me tell you what the search was all about.
This being the week of St. Joseph Day brings to mind two trips I have made to Sicily. I am neither Sicilian nor Italian, but I have long been fascinated by the...
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Posted by Errol Laborde on 03/15/10 @ 12:00 AM
All there is to sip and savor in New Orleans
Under the heading of disconnected connections –– which includes the topics of Good Government and Ray Nagin, Compass Directions and New Orleans, Pretty and Nutria and Saving Money by patronizing Sales –– come the seemingly unrelated topics of Good Health and Drinking...
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Posted by Tim McNally on 03/18/10 @ 12:00 AM
From the Garden State to the Garden District
It’s been awhile since my last post, and a lot has happened. Not only did I fall off the wagon — hard! — and completely profane my Lenten promise to abstain from sugar, but I’ve also shortened my post-Mardi Gras recovery and enjoyed every second of it. Well, not the...
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Posted by Marcie Dickson on 03/16/10 @ 12:00 AM
Living, loving, laughing, and learning in the new New Orleans
There are not many moments in my daily life that are sitcom-perfect, but last Sunday was one of them. The weather was finally, blessedly, gorgeous, and my husband and daughter were outside planting sweet olive and jasmine, making my backyard smell like New Orleans, while I was inside cooking...
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Posted by Eve Kidd Crawford on 03/12/10 @ 12:00 AM